Downhill skiing News

Olympic fever is in the air, and Twitter is abuzz with nationalistic hashtags like #GoCanadaGo and #WeAreWinter. But are the ordinary Canadians who rally their athletes in Sochi really the winter enthusiasts the media would have the world believe?

Unseasonably warm temperatures have led to mushy, wet, soft downhill skiing conditions, the cancellation of training rooms, and the postponement of the start of the women's downhill skiing competition.